As we enter the twenty-first century, scholars, activists and others concerned with social change increasingly realize that in order to transform society effective coalitions among different groups working for social justice need to be created and maintained. However, most of the research and writing about coalitions provide rather limited approaches to the study and understanding of radical alliances; i.e.: coalitions whose goals are to fundamentally change interpersonal relations and social structure in order to achieve equality and true social justice. This anthology challenges dominant approaches of explaining social movements and coalition building. Based on numerous case studies of alliances created between disparate peoples and among a variety of groups, the authors show that both resource mobilization theories and identity politics frameworks for the most part are inadequate for conceptualizing how alliances have been and can be created across boundaries of gender, race/ethnicity, class, nationality, ideology, sexual orientation, and age. The theoretical approach we propose suggests that coalitions are fluid sites of collective behavior where the blending of multiple identities with political activism interact with structural conditions to influence the development of commitments, strategies and specific actions. This analogy makes a contribution to a body of knowledge that aims to understand and explain how radical coalitions work in order to enable the development of visions and plans for change that advance and sustain political and social activity.
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Jill M. Bystydzienski is director of the Women's Studies Program and professor of sociology at Iowa State University. Steven P. Schacht is assistant professor of sociology at Plattsburgh State University of New York.
This diverse collection of essays and case studies provides a fascinating introduction to the difficulties in developing and sustaining coalitions committed to social change. (Mobilization)
The rich studies in Forging Radical Alliances Across Differences illuminate the complex processes by which multiple identities both within us and among us can be mobilized for progressive social change. In examining organizing efforts designed to protect the environment, to end the devastation of AIDS, to fight violence against women, and to gain economic security for workers and their families in a globalizing context, the contributors provide exciting new evidence about the possibilities of coalition building for social, environmental, and economic justice. (Nancy A. Naples, Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Sociology, University of Connecticut)
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